A semilattice generated by superlow computably enumerable degrees

We prove that a partially ordered set of all computably enumerable (c. e.) degrees that are the least upper bounds of two superlow c. e. degrees is an upper semilattice not elementary equivalent to the semilattice of all c. e. degrees.     

The complexity of central series in nilpotent computable groups

The terms of the upper and lower central series of a nilpotent computable group have computably enumerable Turing degree. We show that the Turing degrees of these terms are independent even when restricted to groups which admit computable orders.     

Degree spectra of the successor relation of computable linear orderings

We establish that for every computably enumerable (c.e.) Turing degree b the upper cone of c.e. Turing degrees determined by b is the degree spectrum of the successor relation of some computable linear ordering. This follows from our main result, that for a large class of linear orderings the degree spectrum of the successor relation is closed upward in the c.e. Turing degrees. The authors acknowledge partial support by the NSF binational grant DMS-0554841, and Harizanov by the NSF grant DMS-0704256, and Chubb by the Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research.     

Recursively Enumerable Equivalence Relations Modulo Finite Differences

We investigate the upper semilattice Eq* of recursively enumerable equivalence relations modulo finite differences. Several natural subclasses are shown to be first-order definable in Eq*. Building on this we define a copy of the structure of recursively enumerable many-one degrees in Eq*, thereby showing that Th(Eq*) has the same computational complexity as the true first-order arithmetic. Mathematics Subject Classification: 03D25, 03D15, 03D35.     

On a Conjecture of Kleene and Post

A proof is given that 0 ′ (the argest Turing degree containing a computably enumerable set) is definable in the structure of the degrees of unsolvability. This answers a long‐standing question of Kleene and Post, and has a number of corollaries including the definability of the jump operator.     

Every Set has a Least Jump Enumeration

Given a computably enumerable set W, there is a Turing degreewhich is the least jump of any set in which W is computablyenumerable, namely 0'. Remarkably, this is not a phenomenonof computably enumerable sets. It is shown that for every subsetA of N, there is a Turing degree, c'_µ(A), which is theleast degree of the jumps of all sets X for which A is . In addition this result providesan isomorphism invariant method for assigning Turing degreesto certain torsion-free abelian groups.     

Presentations of the successor relation of computable linear ordering

We prove that a nontrivial degree spectrum of the successor relation of either strongly η-like or non-η-like computable linear orderings is closed upwards in the class of all computably enumerable degrees. We also show that the degree spectrum contains 0 if and only if either it is trivial or it contains all computably enumerable degrees.     

The -theory of the computably enumerable Turing degrees is undecidable

We show the undecidability of the -theory of the partial order of computably enumerable Turing degrees.

     

Degrees of Autostability Relative to Strong Constructivizations of Graphs

We show that each computably enumerable Turing degree is a degree of autostability relative to strong constructivizations for a decidable directed graph. We construct a decidable undirected graph whose autostability spectrum relative to strong constructivizations is equal to the set of all PA-degrees.     

An Interval of Computably Enumerable Isolating Degrees

We construct computably enumerable degrees a < b such that all computably enumerable degrees c with a < c < b isolate some d. c. e. degree d.     

Isolated 2-computably enumerable <Emphasis Type="Italic">Q</Emphasis>-degrees

In this work we prove that for every pair of computably enumerable degrees a<Q b there exists a properly 2-computably enumerable degree d such that a <Q d <Q b, a isolates d from below, and b isolates d from above. Two corollaries follow from this result. First, there exists a 2-computably enumerable degree which is Q-incomparable with any nontrivial (different from 0 and 0′) computably enumerable degree. Second, every nontrivial computably enumerable degree isolates some 2-computably enumerable degree from below and some 2-computably enumerable degree from above.     

The computable Lipschitz degrees of computably enumerable sets are not dense

The computable Lipschitz reducibility was introduced by Downey, Hirschfeldt and LaForte under the name of strong weak truth-table reducibility (Downey et al. (2004) [6]). This reducibility measures both the relative randomness and the relative computational power of real numbers. This paper proves that the computable Lipschitz degrees of computably enumerable sets are not dense. An immediate corollary is that the Solovay degrees of strongly c.e. reals are not dense. There are similarities to Barmpalias and Lewis’ proof that the identity bounded Turing degrees of c.e. sets are not dense (George Barmpalias, Andrew E.M. Lewis (2006) [2]), however the problem for the computable Lipschitz degrees is more complex.     

Isolation in the CEA hierarchy

Examining various kinds of isolation phenomena in the Turing degrees, I show that there are, for every n>0, (n+1)-c.e. sets isolated in the n-CEA degrees by n-c.e. sets below them. For n1 such phenomena arise below any computably enumerable degree, and conjecture that this result holds densely in the c.e. degrees as well. Surprisingly, such isolation pairs also exist where the top set has high degree and the isolating set is low, although the complete situation for jump classes remains unknown.     

Numbered distributive semilattices

In this article, we consider several definitions of a Lachlan semilattice; i.e., a semilattice isomorphic to a principal ideal of the semilattice of computably enumerable m-degrees. We also answer a series of questions on constructive posets and prove that each distributive semilattice with top and bottom is a Lachlan semilattice if it admits a Σ ₃ ⁰ -representation as an algebra but need not be a Lachlan semilattice if it admits a Σ ₃ ⁰ -representation as a poset. The examples are constructed of distributive lattices that are constructivizable as posets but not constructivizable as join (meet) semilattices. We also prove that every locally lattice poset (in particular, every lattice and every distributive semilattice) possessing a Δ ₂ ⁰ -representation is positive.     

Degrees of autostability relative to strong constructivizations

The spectra of the Turing degrees of autostability of computable models are studied. For almost prime decidable models, it is shown that the autostability spectrum relative to strong constructivizations of such models always contains a certain recursively enumerable Turing degree; moreover, it is shown that for any recursively enumerable Turing degree, there exist prime models in which this degree is the least one in the autostability spectrum relative to strong constructivizations.     

The computably enumerable degrees are locally non-cappable

We prove that every non-computable incomplete computably enumerable degree is locally non-cappable, and use this result to show that there is no maximal non-bounding computably enumerable degree. The author was supported by an EPSRC Research Studentship. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000):03D25 Keywords or phrases:Computably enumerable – Degree     

Strong jump-traceability I: The computably enumerable case

Recent investigations in algorithmic randomness have lead to the discovery and analysis of the fundamental class K of reals called the K-trivial reals, defined as those whose initial segment complexity is identical with that of the sequence of all 1's. There remain many important open questions concerning this class, such as whether there is a combinatorial characterization of the class and whether it coincides with possibly smaller subclasses, such as the class of reals which are not sufficiently powerful as oracles to cup a Turing incomplete Martin-Löf random real to the halting problem. Hidden here is the question of whether there exist proper natural subclasses of K. We show that the combinatorial class of computably enumerable, strongly jump-traceable reals, defined via the jump operator by Figueira, Nies and Stephan [Santiago Figueira, André Nies, Frank Stephan, Lowness properties and approximations of the jump, Electr. Notes Theor. Comput. Sci. 143 (2006) 45-57], is such a class, and show that like K, it is an ideal in the computably enumerable degrees. This is the first example of a class of reals defined by a “cost function” construction which forms a proper subclass of K. Further, we show that every c.e., strongly jump-traceable set is not Martin-Löf cuppable, thus giving a combinatorial property which implies non-ML cuppability.     

Truth tabular degrees of recursively enumerable sets

The upper semilattice of truth tabular degrees of recursively enumerable (r.e.) sets is studied. It is shown that there exists an infinite set of pairwise tabularly incomparable truth tabular degrees higher than any tabularly incomplete r.e. truth tabular degree. A similar assertion holds also for r.e. m-degrees. Hence follows that a complete truth tabular degree contains an infinite antichain of r.e. m-degrees.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 697–702, November, 1973.     

On the congruence of the upper semilattices of recursively enumerable m-powers and tabular powers

We have proved that in the upper semilattice of recursively enumerable tabular powers the set of minimal powers has an upper bound differing from the total power.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 19–26, July, 1976.